Bill Text

A BILL

To reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control
Act of 1998 to include a comprehensive and integrated strategy to
address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, to provide for the
development and implementation of a comprehensive research plan and
action strategy to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, and for
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia
Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND
CONTROL ACT OF 1998.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of the Harmful Algal Bloom and
Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 1451 note).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

Section 602 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.

``In this title:
``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
``(2) NOAA.--The term `NOAA' means the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
``(3) Plan.--The term `Plan' means the comprehensive
research plan and action strategy under section 605.
``(4) Program.--The term `Program' means the National
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program established under
section 604(a).
``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the...